How Common Is Math Acceleration With DMV Families?

[Anonymous]

Did your child take these in school or private classes? If its private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did your child take these in school or private classes? If it's private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

I find this so silly. There's no pedagogical advantage in taking an "actual class" vs going to outside coursework such as AoPS, etc. If anything, the outside coursework is usually more rigorous than anything offered in a regular school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did your child take these in school or private classes? If it’s private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

I disagree - the schools won’t care how the student got the knowledge, but they will want/need to confirm that the student in fact got the knowledge. They will require a placement test. They do that even for kids coming from other schools who took actual classes.

[Anonymous]

My DC took a math class here (Multivariable Calc). Maybe helpful?https://www.oneschoolhouse.org/parent-information

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Anonymous wrote:My family is moving from Chicago to DC. My son is 3.5 years ahead in math and is on path to complete Calculus II by 8th grade. I have him in a hyper-accelerated mathematics program so he can have an edge on his peers and begin exploring more complex topics earlier. Will this give him an advantage in private school if we were to apply? Also, how common is this style of acceleration in the DMV? I have heard it is academically cutthroat down there.

Wtf does this even mean?
Have an edge for what exactly?

Literally the dumbest reason to accelerate. This is not student driven.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did your child take these in school or private classes? If it's private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

I find this so silly. There's no pedagogical advantage in taking an "actual class" vs going to outside coursework such as AoPS, etc. If anything, the outside coursework is usually more rigorous than anything offered in a regular school.

I doubt that is how many private schools will look at this. Taking a self-paced online course during elementary school is questionable. I mean, it's fine do to out of interest or to solidify math skills, but to expect to get 3 years of math credit through it is pushing it imo.

[Anonymous]

It's not that common but I would check with GDS if you want private. There are occasionally kids who take Calc BC equivalent in 9th or 10th and the school offers several post-Calc courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not that common but I would check with GDS if you want private. There are occasionally kids who take Calc BC equivalent in 9th or 10th and the school offers several post-Calc courses.

I completely disagree. The kind of math acceleration that OP is talking about is not something a Big 3 is going to want to deal with. If OP is happy with their school options going forward in Chicago, honestly I would just stay there. No school in the DMV can accomodate this. Otherwise I would go public (MCPS or FCPS) and plan to use dual enrollment for math classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family is moving from Chicago to DC. My son is 3.5 years ahead in math and is on path to complete Calculus II by 8th grade. I have him in a hyper-accelerated mathematics program so he can have an edge on his peers and begin exploring more complex topics earlier. Will this give him an advantage in private school if we were to apply? Also, how common is this style of acceleration in the DMV? I have heard it is academically cutthroat down there.

The problem is that all colleges will want to see 4 years of math in high school. For typical advanced kids here, high school may include precalc, calc 1, calc 2 and multivariable. Very advanced would mean calc 1, calc 2, calc 3 and statistics.

Otherwise, your kid will actually have to enroll.

I'm a very mathy person married to an MIT person and I would not recommend over accelerating for a variety of reasons. If you want your kid to stand out in Math, get them involved in Math Olympiad in addition to taking the typical advanced path. National placement in math Olympiad will make him an extremely desirable applicant.

I'm sorry to say you may have created a problem for your kid here. But he is young enough that you can correct it.

[Anonymous]

If your child is truly a math genius, then this level to acceleration isn’t really what they need. They need incredibly challenging, deep problems testing the limits of geometrical theory and trigonometry and what not. Chances are your kid is just really disciplined in which case all this acceleration is going to backfire when you kid is in 10th grade and has no real solid foundation in the math he/she actually needs to become a gifted mathematician.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not that common but I would check with GDS if you want private. There are occasionally kids who take Calc BC equivalent in 9th or 10th and the school offers several post-Calc courses.

I completely disagree. The kind of math acceleration that OP is talking about is not something a Big 3 is going to want to deal with. If OP is happy with their school options going forward in Chicago, honestly I would just stay there. No school in the DMV can accomodate this. Otherwise I would go public (MCPS or FCPS) and plan to use dual enrollment for math classes.

GDS parent here--there is the occasional kid taking Calc BC in 9th. They then take multi/diff eq in 10th; Linear in 11th (single semester). They can take upper level stats somewhere in there to spread out the math experience and/or take additional physics electives (in addition to the upper level physics mechanics). If they want more math classes beyond that they take a dual enrollment course outside GDS. Not common, but it does happen. The dual enrollment needs to be worked out by the family independently.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did your child take these in school or private classes? If it's private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

I find this so silly. There's no pedagogical advantage in taking an "actual class" vs going to outside coursework such as AoPS, etc. If anything, the outside coursework is usually more rigorous than anything offered in a regular school.

I doubt that is how many private schools will look at this. Taking a self-paced online course during elementary school is questionable. I mean, it's fine do to out of interest or to solidify math skills, but to expect to get 3 years of math credit through it is pushing it imo.

+1. Our private would absolutely not approve a self-paced enrichment course for credit, especially not of a class offered at the school. They don't even approve DE if it's the same course offered by our school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did your child take these in school or private classes? If it's private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

I find this so silly. There's no pedagogical advantage in taking an "actual class" vs going to outside coursework such as AoPS, etc. If anything, the outside coursework is usually more rigorous than anything offered in a regular school.

So, no. No school is going to let your child opt out for advanced math. No one except you cares about aops. Homeschool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did your child take these in school or private classes? If it's private classes, most schools will not honor that and they need to take the actual classes. My kid started Algebra in 6th, now in BC in 10th...

I find this so silly. There's no pedagogical advantage in taking an "actual class" vs going to outside coursework such as AoPS, etc. If anything, the outside coursework is usually more rigorous than anything offered in a regular school.

I doubt that is how many private schools will look at this. Taking a self-paced online course during elementary school is questionable. I mean, it's fine do to out of interest or to solidify math skills, but to expect to get 3 years of math credit through it is pushing it imo.

+1. Our private would absolutely not approve a self-paced enrichment course for credit, especially not of a class offered at the school. They don't even approve DE if it's the same course offered by our school.

No public school will.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not that common but I would check with GDS if you want private. There are occasionally kids who take Calc BC equivalent in 9th or 10th and the school offers several post-Calc courses.

I completely disagree. The kind of math acceleration that OP is talking about is not something a Big 3 is going to want to deal with. If OP is happy with their school options going forward in Chicago, honestly I would just stay there. No school in the DMV can accomodate this. Otherwise I would go public (MCPS or FCPS) and plan to use dual enrollment for math classes.

GDS parent here--there is the occasional kid taking Calc BC in 9th. They then take multi/diff eq in 10th; Linear in 11th (single semester). They can take upper level stats somewhere in there to spread out the math experience and/or take additional physics electives (in addition to the upper level physics mechanics). If they want more math classes beyond that they take a dual enrollment course outside GDS. Not common, but it does happen. The dual enrollment needs to be worked out by the family independently.

The difference is they took the actual classes at school.